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Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Is a Growing Concern for Researchers, Health Officials Scientists and drugmakers are beginning efforts to overcome Americans' safety and other concerns about Covid-19 vaccines, while U.S. health authorities ready a campaign to encourage widespread uptake. As vaccine candidates advance closer to U.S. ...
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What A Nasal Spray Vaccine Against COVID-19 Might Do Even Better Than A Shot The primary goal of a COVID-19 vaccine is to keep people from getting very sick and dying. But there's another goal — to prevent the spread of the disease — and it's not clear most vaccine candidates currently under development can do that. Some scientists ...
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Cancer Care, In 4 Charts Before the pandemic, about 1,000 new patients came to Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for treatment consultations each week. When COVID-19 hit Massachusetts this spring, the number of new consultations fell by half and the hospital moved as many ...
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Coronavirus: What do we know about the Banham Poultry outbreak? A poultry processing factory in Norfolk has seen 80 workers test positive for coronavirus in what has been described as a "significant" outbreak. This is what we know. What is Banham Poultry? Banham Poultry has been part of the poultry production industry in ...
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Sheryl Crow urges women to take breast cancer screening seriously amid COVID-19 pandemic Sheryl Crow is speaking about the importance of breast cancer screening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. It's been 14 years since the 58-year-old singer was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer, and she says early detection played such a large role ...
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Fewer Severe Asthma Attacks In Kids During COVID By Cara Roberts Murez HealthDay Reporter. THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- After stay-at-home orders were issued this spring because of COVID-19, doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia noticed a dramatic drop in the number of ...
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Breast Cancer Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic Researchers from Singapore discussed their own experiences and strategies used to safely manage breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a commentary article published in BIO Integration, researchers from Singapore discussed experiences and ...
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Yes, You Can Get COVID-19 Again: What to Know Researchers have found that a man contracted the new coronavirus a second time months after his original illness. The case suggests reinfection can occur a few months after recovering from an initial bout of COVID-19. However, it appears his immune ...
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RPT-COLUMN-Disease X and rethinking the future of cities: Kemp (Repeats article sent on Aug. 27 with no changes to text. John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own). By John Kemp. LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of densely populated ...
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'Radical' COVID Testing Plan Could Offer A 'Return To Normal,' Journalist Says The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools and businesses and altered life across the globe, but journalist Alexis Madrigal says comprehensive, rapid testing might be the key to a safe reopening. "The key problem in the pandemic is we don't know who's ...
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Study hints at how 'elite controllers' stifle HIV Some people with HIV have a seemingly miraculous ability to control the disease without life-long antiviral medications or risky bone marrow transplants, and now, a new study hints at how this "elite" group bridles the infection. In less than 0.5% of people with ...
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Coronavirus: 'Reassuring' study of children's 'tiny' risk Parents should be "reassured" Covid-19 has not caused the deaths of any otherwise healthy schoolchildren in the UK, researchers say. Children's risk of needing hospital treatment for coronavirus is "tiny" and critical care "even tinier", they say. However, black ...
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President Trump Promises a COVID Vaccine Before the End of the Year FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration will have a coronavirus vaccine ready for Americans before the year ends. The lofty promise came during his acceptance speech on the final ...
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'Reassuring' study finds children have small risk of death and severe illness from coronavirus (CNN) Severe illness and death remain rare in children with Covid-19, a new study suggests, while disparities do appear in kids who may require critical care or suffer complications. Pediatricians described the findings as reassuring as children accounted for ...
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WHO: Coronavirus is a "tornado with a long tail" that could cause more deaths as weather cools The World Health Organization's chief for Europe has warned COVID-19 is a "tornado with a long tail" and says increased case counts among young people could ultimately be passed on to more vulnerable older people and cause an uptick in deaths.
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More Evidence Points to Kids Being COVID-19 'Silent Spreaders' Children with COVID-19 may shed the virus for up to three weeks, even when asymptomatic, according to a study from South Korea. Among 91 children with confirmed COVID-19 infection, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in nasopharyngeal and ...
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Broad Researchers Identify February Biogen Conference as Source of Tens of Thousands of COVID-19 Cases Broad Institute researchers identified a conference held by the Cambridge-based company Biogen in February as a "superspreading" event for COVID-19 that caused tens of thousands subsequent cases in the Boston area. The study, which tracked ...
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Top Orange health official: No coronavirus infections from schools yet Seminole County Public School bus driver Jackie Wagoner drives bus route 130, to take children to English Estates Elementary School, on Friday, August 31, 2012. On any weekday in Central Florida, thousands of cars and trucks blow by stopped school ...
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Coronavirus cases continue to level off in England - ONS Cases of coronavirus are still levelling off in England, according to data from swab tests of thousands of people in random households. Modelling by the Office for National Statistics estimates there are 2,200 new infections per day. Following a low point in ...
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Obesity Raises the Risk of COVID-19 Complications August 28, 2020 -- Researchers say obesity increases a person's chances of becoming infected with coronavirus and raises the risk of several complications, including hospitalization and death. People who are obese had a 46% higher chance of becoming ...
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'Alarming' spike in virus hospitalizations in St. Louis area St. Louis-area hospitals have seen a sudden and "alarming" spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus, and the leader of the region's pandemic task force is imploring residents to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. For several weeks, the ...
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Malaria transmission patterns could emerge due to climate change: Study An international study reveals how future climate change could affect malaria transmission in Africa over the next century. Malaria is a climate sensitive disease; it thrives where it is warm and wet enough to provide surface water suitable for breeding by the ...
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Mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 model provides new tool for COVID-19 discoveries A new COVID-19 mouse model developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill captures many of the features of human disease and has helped advance a COVID-19 vaccine candidate to clinical trial. Researchers, among them virologists and ...
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COVID-19 Update: 141 new cases in Western Pa.; Allegheny County reports 61 Pennsylvania on Thursday reported 620 new cases of COVID-19 for Thursday, with Western Pennsylvania accounting for 141 of the newest infections. Allegheny County had the highest increase in the region with 61 new cases, followed by Westmoreland ...
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Studies affirm obesity is risk factor for severe COVID-19 outcomes Two retrospective cohort studies published in Annals of Internal Medicine reinforce the notion that individuals with obesity are at greater risk for worse outcomes from COVID-19. "Given the high prevalence of obesity, the potential effect of COVID-19 in the U.S. ...
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Cancer Radiation Can Safely Proceed During COVID-19 Pandemic: Study By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients who need radiation therapy shouldn't let fear of COVID-19 delay their treatment, one hospital study suggests. Over six days in May, ...
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Singapore Battles Record Dengue Outbreak With More Mosquitoes SINGAPORE — From the high balcony of a Singapore public housing block, an environment official steadies his mosquito launcher, the latest contraption authorities have devised to combat a record outbreak of the tropical disease dengue. With the click of a ...
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New evaluation of universal health coverage, world will likely fall short of WHO goal A new study projects that 3.1 billion people will still lack effective health service coverage in 2023, with 968 million of those residing in South Asia. This falls short of the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of 1 billion more people benefiting from universal ...
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Leeds: Coronavirus cases at Greggs distribution centre Greggs has confirmed an outbreak of coronavirus at its bakery distribution centre in Leeds. An undisclosed number of people working at the centre in Bramley tested positive. Following further tests the firm said more staff were found to have the virus and the ...
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COVID-19 less deadly and causes milder symptoms in children: study Children and teenagers are less likely than adults to develop severe COVID-19 or die from the disease, according to the world's largest study of hospital patients with COVID-19. Obesity, Black ethnicity and being under one month old are factors that increased ...
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Women May be Less Susceptible to COVID Than Men Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, it's been known that older men have a higher risk of getting very sick and dying than older women. A study published Wednesday in the online journal Nature says that may be because women's bodies ...
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Coronavirus: Six deaths linked to virus in NI last week Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of six people in NI in the week to 21 August, latest figures from statistics agency Nisra show. That is two more than the previous week. Up to last Friday, that means there has been a total of 871 Covid-19 ...
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Penis bones, echolocation calls, and genes reveal new kinds of bats If you've ever seen a bat flying around at sunset, chances are good it was a vesper bat. They're the biggest bat family, made up of 500 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. And most of them look a lot alike—they're little, with fuzzy ...
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Scientists target coronavirus immunity puzzle A new effort is under way to understand how the immune system responds to coronavirus. Scientists from 17 UK research centres are attempting to answer questions such as how long immunity lasts and why disease severity varies so much. The new UK ...
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COVID-19 Update: Antigen Test Approval, Caring for Patients at Home Here are the coronavirus stories Medscape's editors around the globe think you need to know about today: "Real-Time" Antigen Test Approved. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first diagnostic antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 that doesn't ...
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San Quentin prison turns to volunteer doctors to help in slow recovery from coronavirus outbreak One doctor volunteering at San Quentin State Prison said there's still a need for resources to support people even after they've recovered from most Covid-19 symptoms. About two-thirds of its residents have tested positive for the coronavirus so far and 25 ...
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Transplanting Human Brown-Like Fat Cells May Provide Novel Therapy for Obesity and Diabetes Scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center say they have developed a proof of concept for a novel cell-based therapy against obesity. The potential therapy for obesity would transplant HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been ...
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Belated lab reporting bumps up Minnesota COVID-19 numbers Minnesota reported a one-day record of 1,158 confirmed infections with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on Thursday, but blamed the artificially high number on inconsistent reporting by one lab that has delayed notification to some patients with positive ...
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Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Save Lives of Heart Failure Patients: Study By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Flu and pneumonia vaccines lead to fewer hospital deaths among heart failure patients, a new study finds. "Our study provides further impetus for annual ...
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Taking the measure of mental health in a pandemic The disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic are far from over. Financial hardships, fear of infection, and continued social isolation continue to take a toll on the mental health of Americans. In March, to better understand and measure mental health distress, ...
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UCLA: N95 masks can be reused, and here's how to do it LOS ANGELES — Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, according to research announced Thursday by UCLA scientists. N95 respirators reduce exposure to airborne infectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ...
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State urges Arizonans to get a flu shot to mitigate impact of two respiratory viruses Flu shots are widely available in Arizona and state health officials are encouraging residents to get one as soon as possible. Hospitals and providers this fall and winter are facing a flu season that coincides with the global COVID-19 pandemic. The effect that ...
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Was a patient cured of HIV without a stem cell transplant? In a study explaining how certain patients can control HIV without medication, researchers reported what one of them called "a provocative idea." Xu G. Yu. In one of the so-called elite controllers, the researchers were unable to detect any HIV in more than a ...
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COVID-19 Not Likely to Be Transmitted by Breast Milk: Study By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). FRIDAY, Aug. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Breastfeeding mothers are unlikely to transmit the new coronavirus to their babies via their milk, researchers say. No cases of an infant contracting COVID-19 ...
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Coronavirus: Nine prohibition notices issued over guideline breaches Police have issued prohibition notices to nine licensed premises in Northern Ireland for breaching the coronavirus guidelines. The notice means the venue must close and remain shut until police are satisfied it can reopen safely. The notices were served to ...
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Artificial pancreas maintained blood sugar levels in children with type 1 diabetes, study says An artificial pancreas system that can automatically monitor and regulate blood glucose levels in Type 1 diabetic children as young as 6 was found to be safe and effective, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The artificial ...
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Coronavirus may travel through toilet and pipes: Study The novel coronavirus may spread throughout buildings through toilets and drainpipes, according to a published report in the journal Environmental International. The virus was detected on surfaces of sinks, faucets, and shower handles in a bathroom in a ...
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'Bold New Ideas' for Cancer; Accelerated Aging; Understanding Precision Oncology The National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK announced a collaborative venture to encourage and support "bold new ideas for cancer research." Unintended consequences of actions to protect patients and healthcare providers from COVID-19.
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Your COVID-19 Questions Answered KPBS Midday Edition Segments / August 27, 2020. Cover image for podcast episode. Download Episode. From federal testing guidelines to improving air circulation in a classroom — we asked a local infectious disease specialist to respond to your questions ...
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Reindeer, dolphins most at risk for COVID-19, study finds. What about other animals? We know dogs and cats are susceptible to coronavirus infection, and scientists suspect the disease originated in bats, according to Yahoo! Life. But a new study found other animals are even more at risk for COVID-19 infection, especially mammals.
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